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Black Jack Davey by The White Stripes

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|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|              Black Jack Davey               |
|                 By:                   |
|              The White Stripes               |
|              Key of Chord diagramA augmentedA minor                |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
🏷Legend: (-)g = grace note  h = hammer on  p = pull off PM = palm mute
    NM = no mute  s = slide  X% = repeat previous measure X times
    VR = verse rhythm
----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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Intro: distortion             Chord diagramE MajorE major
N.C. (Chord diagramA minorAm)                 PM NM
e|---------------------------|--------------0-0-|-------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|---------------------------|--------------0-0-|-------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|---------------------------|--------------1-1-|-------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|---------------------------|--------------2-2-|-------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|------------5-(5)g-7-------|-----------5--2-2-|------------5-(5)g-7-----|
Chord diagramE MajorE|--5--5--5-8----------8--5--|-5--5--5-8----0-0-|--5--5--5-8----------8-5-|

        Chord diagramD MajorD (Chord diagramDsus4Dsus4)         Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramA minorAm Am(PM)
|---------------2-3-3-2--|---------------3-3s-5--|---0--0-0---0--0-0-|
|---------------3-3-3-3--|---------------3-3s-5--|---1--1-1---1--1-1-|
|---------------2-2-2-2--|---------------4-4s-5--|-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-|
|---------------0-0-0-0--|--7-5----------5-5s-7--|-2--------2--------|
|------------------------|------7-5------5-5s-7--|-0--------0--------|
|--5--5--5-8-0-----------|----------8-5--3-3s-5--|-------------------|
|-----------|---------------------------------------|
|-----------|---------------------------------------|
|-----------|---------------------------------------|
|----2%-----|------------------1%-------------------|
|-----------|---------------------------------------|
|-----------|---------------------------------------|
(drums enter) 1.Black Jack Davey come run along then

 Chord diagramA minorAm (PM)         Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE (PM)     Chord diagramA minorAm
[same rhythm as before] [similar rhythm]  [same rhythm as before]
|--0--------------------|-0-----------------|-----------------|
|--1--------------------|-0-----------------|-----------------|
|--2--------------------|-1-----------------|-----------------|
|--2--------------------|-2-----------------|-----------------|
|--0--------------------|-2-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------|-0-----------------|-----------------|
 wishin' to the lord and mary       (inaudible lyrics) and he

            Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramD MajorD            Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramA minorAm
----------------------|-0----2-|-----------------------|-0----0-|
----------------------|-0----3-|-----------------------|-0----1-|
----------------------|-1----2-|-----------------------|-1----2-|
----------------------|-2----0-|-----------------------|-2----2-|
----------------------|-2------|-----------------------|-2----0-|
----------------------|-0------|-----------------------|-0------|
charmed the heart of a la - dy charmed the heart of a la - dy

second and third verse are played the same:

2. [Chord diagramA minorAm] How old are you my pretty little miss?
    How old are you my
  [Chord diagramE MajorE] honey?
  [Chord diagramA minorAm] she answered him wtih a lovin' smile, said, "I'll be sixteen come
  [Chord diagramE MajorE]sun- [Chord diagramD MajorD]day."
       said, "i'll be sixteen come
  [Chord diagramE MajorE]sun-[Chord diagramA minorAm]day."

3. [Chord diagramA minorAm] come and go with me my pretty little miss
    come and go with me my
  [Chord diagramE MajorE] honey
  [Chord diagramA minorAm] I'll take you where the grass grows green and you never will want for[Chord diagramE MajorE]mon- [Chord diagramD MajorD]ney
       you never will want for
  [Chord diagramE MajorE]mon-[Chord diagramA minorAm]ney  Hey!

back to intro riff with some adjustments and a heavy fuzz tone
                        Chord diagramE MajorE
|------------------------|--------------------|-0---0-|--------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|-0---0-|--------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|-1---1-|--------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|-2---2-|--------------------|
|-----------5-(5)g-7-----|-----------5-(5)g-7-|-2---2-|-----------5-(5)g-7-|
|-5--5--5-8----------8-5-|-5--5--5-8----------|-0---0-|-5--5--5-8----------|

                 Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramA minorAm  Chord diagramA minorAm VR
------|------------------------|-2--|-------------|-3-3s-5--||-------||
------|------------------------|-3--|-------------|-3-3s-5--||.-----.||
------|------------------------|-2--|-------------|-4-4s-5--||-------||
------|------------------------|-0--|-7-5---------|-5-5s-7--||-------||
------|-----------5-(5)g-7-----|----|-----7-5-----|-5-5s-7--||.-----.||
-8-5--|-5--5--5-8----------5-8-|----|---------8-5-|-3-3s-5--||-------||

4. [Chord diagramA minorAm] Pull off, pull of your long blue gloves
    made of spanish
  [Chord diagramE MajorE] leather
  [Chord diagramA minorAm] give to me your lily white hand and we'll ride off
  [Chord diagramE MajorE]to- [Chord diagramD MajorD]gether
     said we'll both ride off
  [Chord diagramE MajorE]to- [Chord diagramA minorAm]gether

5. [Chord diagramA minorAm] well she pulled off her long blue gloves
    made of spanish
  [Chord diagramE MajorE] leather
  [Chord diagramA minorAm] and gave to him her lily white hand and bid farewell
  [Chord diagramE MajorE]for- [Chord diagramD MajorD]ever
       and they both rode off
  [Chord diagramE MajorE]to- [Chord diagramA minorAm]gether

  back to intro riff 1 time

6. [Chord diagramA minorAm] well late last night the boss came home inquiring 'bout his
  [Chord diagramE MajorE] lady
  [Chord diagramA minorAm] the servant spoke before she thought, "She's been with Black Jack
  [Chord diagramE MajorE]Da- [Chord diagramD MajorD]vey
       ran off with Black Jack
  [Chord diagramE MajorE]Da- [Chord diagramA minorAm]vey."

7. [Chord diagramA minorAm] come on, come on my old black hose you're skinnier than the
  [Chord diagramE MajorE] grain
  [Chord diagramA minorAm] I'll ride all day and I'll ride all night 'til I overtake my
  [Chord diagramE MajorE]la- [Chord diagramD MajorD]dy
       and I'll over take my

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